Art of tagging



Se t. 3, .1931.

M. R. KQNDOLF ART OF TAGGING Filed Nov: 10. 1927 l a tentecl Sept. 8,1931 ii T D IS TATEES- AT ENT OFF! (IE MATHIAS B. KONDOLF, OF LOWERMERION TOWNSHIP, MONTGOIvIERY COUNTY, PENN- SYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THELOXSEAL CORPORATION, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ART OF TAGGING Application filed November 10,1927. Serial No. 2 2,242.

My invention -is an improved hanger primarily adapted for the attachmentof price tags, identification tickets or seals to merchandise or thelike so that the attached devices cannot be accidentally disengaged orintentionally removed without the destruction or mutilation thereof. Aleading obj cut of my invention is to provide such hangers withretaining or looking hooks which, when 19 inserted in the pocket of atagor the like, cannot be unbent or straightened by a pull on the hangeror tag, thereby avoiding the necessity for using excessively hard andexpensive wire to prevent such straightening :5; and detachment of thehanger. A further object of my invention is to so shape the retaininghooks that when their ends are brought together their bodies will formhumps or shoulders projecting from the hanger legs or shanks andpreventing withdrawal of the hanger legs from a tag pocket even thou 11the hook ends be brought simultaneously into registration with theaperture of the tag pocket.

These objects are preferably attained by forming a hanger .of resilientwire bent in an arc to form an apex with shanks or legs projectingtherefrom and terminating in hooks bent backwardly therefrom, crossingthe legs, and forming juxtaposed closed eyes or loops. The free ends ofthe hooks diverge from one another and project from the sides of thelegs opposite the loops. When the hooks are inserted in a tag pocket,the pro- 35 jecting ends first contact with the top of the pocket whenthe hanger ortag is pulled, and consequently the force tends to furtherbend and diminish the loops instead of straightening the bendsconnecting the legs and hooks. If the points of the projecting ends arebrought together and into registration with the pocket aperture, as forinstance by turning the tag at right angles to its normal position andsqueezing the walls, the

C3 bodies of the hooks are forced outwardly from the hanger shanks andform humps or shoulders preventing withdrawal of the hanger.

In some cases, I may merely bend the hooks so as to form humps orshoulders when their ends are brought together, without forming closedloops preventing unbending of the joint between the hooks and shanks. Ineither case, the hooks preferably each have a length exceeding thedistance between the to be a'liixed; Fig. 2 illustrates the positions ofthe hanger members and a tag when a tag is being telescoped on thehanger; Fig. 3 is an elevation of a tag which has been fully telescopedon the hanger and is permanently secured thereby to a fabric; Fig. 4 isa fragmentary sectional view illustrating the position assumed by thehanger members when it is sought to pull the tag from the hanger; Fig. 5is an exaggerated illustration of the positions assumed by the hangermembers when the tag is turned transversely to the hanger and the pointsof the hanger are squeezed together with a view to withdrawing the tagtherefrom; Fig. 6 illustrates a modified form of hanger with a tagthereon; Fig. 7 is an exaggerated illustration of the position assumedby the hanger of Fig. 6 when it is sought to withdraw the tag bysqueezing the points of the hanger hooks together after turning the tagtransversely to its normal position; Fig. 8 shows a slightly modifiedform of hanger in a slightly modified form of tag; and Fig. 9 shows ahanger having curved hooks.

My improvements are particularly adapted for use with an integral,substantially fiat tag formed from a suitably shaped and printed blankof paper or other sheet material which is apertured and scored orembossed so that when the laminae thereof are folded over and securedtogether by an adhesive the resultant tag A contains a pocket B with asubstantially flat top 0 apertured at D and, if der as to provide stra Dare sired may be reenforced around the aperture with a washer or eyelet.The portions of the tag surrounding the pocket B are firmly gluedtogether so that the pocket is closed excepting for the aperture 1). Itwill, however, be understood that other forms of tags or seals havingclosed pockets may be used with my improved hanger, and that the termtag is used herein generically as meaning any analogous device, such,for instance, as a seal.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, my improved hanger ispreferably formed of resilient, moderately hard wire bent to form acurved apex or top 1 having legs or shanks 2 and 3 projecting therefromand spread thereby. lhe lower end of each shank is bent back upon itselfin the general direction of the apex and on a curve or angle such that aq. .12 i V poi non oi the iesuliant upturned hook crosses the shank andhas its end projecting from the side of the shank p msite the curvedsection connecting the hook and. shank. Preferably the joints l and 5 atthe bottoms of the shanks are bent at such angles ight hook sections (3and 7 normally substantially parallel with the respective shanks 2 and 3and having bent therefrom at sharp angles the prongs 8 and 9 which crossand preferably press against the shanks 2 and 3 so as to term closedloops.

The en ls ot the men'ibers 8 and 9 are sharpened to readily penetratethe fabric F and preferably the prong 8 bears against one side of theshank 2 a nd the prong 3 bears against the opposite side of the shank .iso that the prongs will not interlere with one another when the shanksare pressed togziether.

To in t the hanger in a tag A, the legs 2 and (:1 are pressed together,as in Fig. 2, and pushed through the opening ll). lhe shanks and hooksreadily yield suilicicntly for the passage of the pron 8 and 9 and theparts assume within the pocket the positions illustrated in Fig. 3Should an attempt be made to pull the hanger from the pocket, the partsassume the positions illustrated in l i 9'. 4, which prevents the stiti'htening out off the hooks since the greater he strain on the hanger thetighter the curved sections 4 and bent. If it is sought to the points ofthe han -r into registration with the aperture l), for instance byturning the tag at right angles to its normal position and squeezing onthe pocket walls to bring the points together this 'eF-nilts in torcingoutward the members 6 and 7 to form shoulders 10 and 11 whichejtl'ectually prtwentwithdrawal. For facilitating the insertion of ahanger into a fabric F one or both the hooks may have the prongs thereonbent outwardly from instead of crossing the shanks. For instance,illustrated in lligs. 6 and 7, the hanger shanks 2 and 3 have the hooks6a and 7(6li911toutwardly and instead of having the prongs 8a and 9acrossing the shanks they project outwardly therefrom. When it is soughtto withdraw the hanger from the tag by pressing the points intoregistration with the aperture D, the parts assume the positions shownin Fig. 7 and form shoulders preventing withdrawal of the hanger.

As illustrated. in Fig. 8, the hanger may have one shank 2 bent to formthe hook 6 with a. prong S crossing the shank 2 and have the other shank3 bent to term the hook 7a with a. prong 9a diverging from the shankThis construction facilitates threading the hook 7a through the fabric,the hooks 6 and To form projections or shoulders preventing extractionof the hanger by squeezing the ends of the prongs into registration withthe tag pocket aperture, and the prong 8 turns the shank 6 around thejoint l and prevents the straightening oil? the hanger by pulling. Thetag pocket ll in the construction shown in this figure is formed belowthe top of the m by embossing recesses in the tag laminae 'e unitingthem and preferably during e116 printing thereof. The aperture D for thepassage of the hai'iger is formed in the side of the. recess.

[is illustrated in Fig. 9,

- 1 ends of the shanks ed so oi? being amples.

in all the embodiments of my invention, but particularly when using theform of hanger shown in F? AS. 6 and 7, the length of the hook ispreferably greater than the dis tance from the aperture D to the sideedge of the pocket so that any attempt to unbend the hooks will bechecked by the engagement of their ends with the pocket walls or it persistcd in will cause the hook ends to rupture the pocket walls.

Having described my invention I claim:

A fastening device for unwithdrawable passage through a wall having arelatively minute aperture, said device comprising a wire bent to formlegs, each leg being bent back upon itself to form a hook section, eachhook section extending in a direction substantially parallel with itsassociated leg and having its free end bent at an angle to cross itsassociated leg.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day ofNovember, 1927.

lllATHL XES R. KONDOLF.

the books 6?), 7b 2 and 3 may be to intersect the shanks instead bent atan angle as in the other ex-

